Tag Archive for the term: craft

Just discovered an interesting site called IndiePendence that gives away gift packs to viewers made up entirely of indie crafty goodness. You can contribute your wares to get some promotion on the site and get your work into the hands of indie fans, and you can try and win the gift packs, but only in [...]

On my way home from work last Friday, I spotted this knitted sash on a tree. The tag says, “Knitty Gritty” so when I got home I googled the name, but couldn’t find anything that seemed to match, even though I seem to remember hearing about a Montreal group who knit things to put on [...]

The Ides of March might have been cold and dreary, but certainly not at Ariadne. Our first “Learn to Spin on a Drop Spindle” was held that afternoon, and it was not only fun to watch, but very informative, full of smiles, laughs, tea and cookies.

Our Students gathered ’round the fireplace at 13h and [...]

Dream scheme with me for a moment, won’t you? Bands, crafters, publishers, friends, think on this and then use the comments to share your thinkums: What would your ideal indie arts space be like? If Indyish could make a real-world homebase out of it’s rambly web art-itechture, what would it need to have to delight [...]

Last weekend, Marilis and I organized a clothing swap at Wooden apples Atelier on Parc ave in Montreal. It was really nice to throw something together that seemed to require so little struggle. Some of the events we’ve put on or helped put together in the past include:

The Monthly Mess: eclectic artist showcase, every month
The [...]

Mmm New York, if you live within, I dunno, 300 miles of the town you feel it’s pull; it’s probably the magnetic energy of all those living thinking things and their massive moving systems. New York at Christmas is spectacular, but if the Macy’s glow has worn off for you a bit this year, if [...]

If you were listening to CBC Montreal yesterday you heard Risa talking about craft sales, and I believe she mentioned this one in particular. It’s Hotcakes!

Heyyy artist, are you going to be selling your goods at Hotcakes? Use the comments to let Indyish readers know!

It’s difficult not to gently mock our nation’s capital for it’s under-abundance of independent culture, but I’m learning to ease up on poor O-town. After all, what they may lack in blazing electro hiphop or whathaveyou they make up for in earnest state sponsored stateliness which looks pretty under the snow, and pockets of serious [...]

We’ll be tossing up our last thoughts and remnants from the blur that was POP Montreal 2007 here over the next few days. With thousands of artists around over so few days you’ll have to forgive us for having much to say and show on the subject. It’s been nice to hear from friends far [...]

Someone could write a hilarious expose on the whole craft circuit I suspect. The range of what crafters are asked to pay or supply is huge. For example, this week you might be figuring out your table, chairs and tent rental for Osheaga (don’t forget a table cloth!) because all they supply for your entry [...]